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¨.=*†§§@## = = = = BEYOND THE GREAT DAM. = = = = ##@§§†*=.¨
¨.=*†§§@## = IT WAS BUILT IN THE LATE SIXTIES. = ##@§§†*=.¨
¨...=*†§§@ = = = THE ELVES CAME TO US THEN. = = = @§§†*=...¨
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¨.=*†§§@## CAME TO TRUST THEM. = = = = = = = = US ##@§§†*=.¨
¨¨¨¨.*§§§§ KIDS WOULD PLAY DOWN AT THE WATER EVEN §§§§*.¨¨¨¨
¨.=*†§§@## THOUGH WE WERE NOT ALLOWED. = = = = = = ##@§§†*=.¨
¨.=*†§§@## = = SOMETIMES THE SLUICE WOULD CLOSE ##@§§†*=.¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨.*§§ ENTIRELY, AND THE RIVER AT THE DAMS §§*.¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨.=*†§§§@# FOOT WOULD DRY UP, REVEALING THE ROCKY #@§§§†*=.¨
¨.=*†§§@## WATER GARDEN THAT HAD BEEN HIDDEN ##@§§†*=.¨
¨¨¨¨¨.*†§§ BENEATH, AND WE WOULD GO THERE. = = = = §§†*.¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨.*§§§ THERE WOULD BE A SIGNAL, BUT THE ELVES §§§*.¨¨¨¨¨
¨.....*§§@ WOULD MAKE US NOT HEAR IT, AND SUDDENLY @§§*.....¨
¨.=*†§@### WE WOULD FIND THE WATER RISING, ALREADY ###@§†*=.¨
¨.=**††§§@ AT OUR KNEES. = = = = = = = = = = = = @§§††**=.¨
¨.=*†§§@## = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ##@§§†*=.¨
¨.=*†§§@## = BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. = ##@§§†*=.¨
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